Mentoring at Northeastern University Bouv College of Health

Mentoring at Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences Deb Franko Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs October 17, 2014

Northeastern University School of Health Professions Bouvé College of Health Sciences 8 other colleges School of Nursing School of Pharmacy

School of Health Professions Counseling & School Psychology Physician Assistant Program Physical Therapy Health Sciences (pre-med) Speech Pathology & Audiology

FACULTY MENTORING 4

Our Faculty 104 Tenured or Tenure-track (26 Assistant, 39 Associate, 39 Full) 84 Non-Tenured Clinical (full-time) (51 Instructor/Asst, 21 Associate, 12 Full) 5

Faculty Mentoring • University-wide programs • Bouvé College programs • Open to all faculty, but some targeted programs 6

University-wide mentoring • All departments are asked to assign a mentor to tenure-track faculty • New faculty receive a mentor assignment when they first arrive • Mentors can and often do shift over time 7

University-wide mentoring • Programs offered throughout academic year • Mentor-mentee programs (reception, lunch, end-of-year) • Variety of programs (Handout) • New mentoring grant program • Focus is on tenure-track faculty 8

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Mutual Mentoring Grant 2014 • Mutual mentoring distinguishes itself from the traditional model by encouraging the development of a broader, more flexible network of support that mirrors the diversity of real-life mentoring in which no single person is required or expected to possess the expertise of many. • Within this model, early-career faculty build robust networks by engaging multiple mentoring partners in non-hierarchical, collaborative partnerships. • M 2 AP grants support group projects up to $3000 for the purpose of faculty career development. • A mutual mentoring group must be composed of at least four participants and not more than six, with at least one Northeastern tenured or tenuretrack faculty member as lead investigator. 11

Bouvé College Programs • • • Programs in 2013 -14 and 2014 -15 (Handout) “First Mondays” for Associate Professors Peer-to-Peer mentoring for tenure-track faculty Mentoring Survey to Chairs and junior faculty Mentoring expert brought to campus 12

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Mentor Survey to Dept. Chairs • Please provide: § a brief description of the current mentoring policy and procedures for junior faculty in your department/unit § follow-up after the initial mentor assignment § resources (i. e. , faculty development) that may help you improve mentoring in your department 14

Mentoring Survey to Junior Faculty and Mentors • For Mentors: Mentor Role Instrument 1 • For Junior Faculty: Benefits of Mentoring Survey 2 • Preliminary results 1 Ragins & Mc. Farlin, 1990; 2 Ragins & Scandura, 1999 15

In summary • University programs center on tenure-track and tenured associate professors • Bouvé College programs focus on both tenuretrack and clinical faculty • Variety of programs to try to address multiple needs • Challenge to find good mentors • Training the mentors is an important next step 16

THANK YOU !

Questions for me • Biggest challenges? – Finding good, willing mentors – Organizing programs (time, space, attendance) – Faculty not recognizing importance of mentors until too late • How to make mentoring a priority for all? – Given many demands, this often slips – Programs, grants bring it to forefront – Incentives for mentors? 18